This is the 15976th most frequent Korean word.
부지사는
"부지사는" means "vice governor" in English.
Here, '부지사' refers to the vice governor in an official context, used nominatively as the subject of the sentence due to the following topic marker 는.
부지사는 회의에서 중요한 역할을 맡았다.
The vice governor took on an important role in the meeting.
In this sentence, '부지사' still refers to the vice governor, with the topic marker indicating that the focus of the sentence is on their action performed collaboratively.
부지사는 시장과 함께 지역 문제를 논의했다.
The vice governor discussed regional issues along with the mayor.
Here, '부지사' again denotes the vice governor and is marked as the topic due to its relevance to the statement being made in relation to the report.